If you recall, I signed up for the Career Centre Extern Job Shadowing Program, and this past Reading Week, I’m happy to say, I completed it. I experienced a variety of emotions before, during and after the externship, and in…
Time for a check-up
How are you doing with your New Year Resolutions? It has now been two months into 2012, and I think this is a great time to reflect on how you are doing (or not doing, as the case may be).…
The Perfect Storm
In less than one week the perfect storm will engulf my little row boat (this is my attempt at a very non-poetic metaphor for my journey through academia) and it will take all my effort to not capsize. Here’s the deal. In…
TRI. It’s the smart thing to do!
Ah reading week, what a glorious time for a lil R&R! For some of you it may be rest and relaxation, reading and reading or even rallying and retching – whatever your little hearts desire. For me it’s a bit…
Touching Distance…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7GgL6XTcgY&feature=plcp&context=C3f648cbUDOEgsToPDskI69Tm15ZOM8vqwJPThgZy2 Here are the links to the programs, apps, and products that I talked about in this episode: FaceTime Skype Majic Jack Vonage WhatsApp
Undergraduate research, demystified
So, the other night at Snakes & Lattes (we all need a break to eat cookies and play board games and be nerds every once in awhile, right?), a friend and I were talking about his hopes to gain summer…
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I thought that might get your attention. So it's that time of year when your brain starts turning to mush. The count down has begun...seven weeks to freedom! It's time to finish the essays, plow through the midterms, and hold…
Thirty per cent off? For who?
As many of you may know, the Ontario government recently awarded university and college students a 30 percent rebate on tuition paid for the winter 2012 semester, and committed to providing a 30 percent tuition reduction going forward. Sounds good,…
Housing, Housing, Everywhere…
So lately I've been pondering what my future is going to look like as I get set to graduate in.... 8 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes, and 12 seconds, 11, 10... But who's counting? Regardless of how excited…